This Is the Life (2008 film)

Freestyle Fellowship Cut Chemist Chali 2na

The Good Life Health Food Centres weekly openmic night started in December 1989 on the corner of Crenshaw amp Exposition. Promoted by B. Hall and her son RKainBlaze with his friends The Mighty ORoc and The Dynamic Flow, KNGR The Underground Radio at the Good Life offered a workshoplike atmosphere for aspiring MCs, poets and musicians to hone their craft. On Thursday nights from 810pm, artists were allowed to perform one song. Some would perform written songs, and some would freestyle. When a performance was not up to par, the audience would call out Please pass the mic and the emcee had to end the performance promptly. In addition, there was a strict policy that no cursing was allowed. B. Hall once explained, Young people needed a place to go to develop their own art. The nocussing policy wasnt about us being uptight church people, it was about wanting the atmosphere of a serious arts workshop. Most of the crowd respected the rule, some said it made rapping more challenging, that it created more respect and brotherhood.Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, will.i.am, Common, Macy Gray, and Lenny Kravitz reportedly attended the openmic, while artists such as The Pharcyde, Biz Markie, Fat Joe, SkeeLo, and Kurupt occasionally performed there. Good Life Regulars Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee came together to form Jurassic 5. Other Good Life regulars included Freestyle Fellowship, Pigeon John, Abstract Rude, Chillin Villain Empire, Rifleman Ellay Khule, Volume 10, Medusa, Figures of Speech, OMD, Spoon Iodine, Ganjah K, and Fat Jack, among many others. ........

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